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was liquor there during the first part of the night. Some men brought Popbottles full of Whiskey from town. Mr. Veach was there before he went after the guard, and called for Linsey Cain to stop the fuss. Linsey was knocked down by some one, I did not know. Heard no report of shooting was not up there at that time. I met Mahoney friday evening and say, Ehick?, you had a party up your house last Saturday night, and I told him yes, we had some kind of a dance there. He says are you going to have one tonight? I says, Mother says yes, provided the music comes. he says was there any fighting over there? I says no, we are colored people, and try to behave ourselves as best we may, Oh well, he says, King beast be over there this Saturday night, I says George when you come. I hope you behave yourself, He says I can always behave wherever I go, and then we did not said any more about it and I started to buy something, that was on Saturday morning,  I did not see George any more until he came up to the house, when guards came I stood at the door and one man tried to run out and I heard him put the bayonets across the door. Well, I did not hear for any order given to come out until I heard the report of a shot and a man dead. They were ordered to bring out their arms and step out the door and all rushed in the little room, and I went in saying Men for God's sake if there is any of you in, go out all the rest did go except the women, they went out on the porch, they were marched off down the road by the guards, and that is the last I saw of

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